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PEP 584 – Add + and – operators to the built-in dict class
This PEP proposes adding merge (|) and update (|=) operators to the built-in dict class.
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Autocompletion with Deep Learning
We've put together an index of testing terms and articles, covering many of the basics of testing and definitions for common searches.
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WasmGC – Run GC languages such as Kotlin, Java in Chrome browser
There are two types of programming languages: garbage-collected programming languages and programming languages that require manual memory management. With to WebAssembly Garbage Collection, garbage-collected languages can be ported to WebAssembly.
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Hey Siri: An On-Device DNN-Powered Voice Trigger for Apple’s Personal Assistant
The “Hey Siri” feature allows users to invoke Siri hands-free. A very small speech recognizer runs all the time and listens for just those…
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Qt Offering Changes 2020
New low-cost option for small businesses, Qt account requirement for installation and long-term support only for commercial licensees
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Eytzinger Binary Search
This tutorial is loosely based on a 46-page paper by Paul-Virak Khuong and Pat Morin “Array layouts for comparison-based searching” and describes one particular way of performing efficient binary search by rearranging elements of a sorted array in a cache-friendly way.
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Go At Heroku (Doozer)
Two Heroku system engineers discuss their experiences using Go.
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Anyone can access deleted and private repository data on GitHub
You can access data from deleted forks, deleted repositories and even private repositories on GitHub. And it is available forever. This is known by GitHub, and intentionally designed that way.
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Ladybird adopts Rust, with help from AI
We're adopting Rust as our C++ successor language, and using AI agents to accelerate the transition.
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A Farewell to FRP
A delightful language with friendly error messages, great performance, small assets, and no runtime exceptions.
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.NET 5
Today, we’re announcing that the next release after .NET Core 3.0 will be .NET 5. This will be the next big release in the .NET family. There will be just one .NET going forward, and you will be able to use it to target Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android, tvOS, watchOS and WebAssembly and more. […]
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Cap'n Web: a new RPC system for browsers and web servers
Cap'n Web is a new open source, JavaScript-native RPC protocol for use in browsers and web servers. It provides the expressive power of Cap'n Proto, but with no schemas and no boilerplate.
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A million-dollar engineering problem
Explore technical topics, solutions, and resources for building with Twilio – and beyond.
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Bevy: A data-driven game engine and app framework built in Rust
After months of work, I am ecstatic to finally announce Bevy Engine! Bevy is a refreshingly simple data-driven game engine and app framework built in…
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“We have decided not to integrate the Dart VM into Chrome”
We work with many teams, inside and outside of Google, that use Dart every day to build business-critical apps. Their feedback is consistent...
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How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills
A randomized trial with 52 developers found AI assistance lowered comprehension scores, except when used for explanations rather than delegation.
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What if OpenDocument used SQLite? (2014)
Suppose the OpenDocument file format, and specifically the "ODP" OpenDocument Presentation format, were built around SQLite. Benefits would include:
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Why you should use OpenGL and not DirectX
Often, when we meet other game developers and say that we use OpenGL for our game Overgrowth, we're met with stares of disbelief -- why…
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Lucet: Native WebAssembly Compiler and Runtime
Today, we're thrilled to announce the open sourcing of Lucet, our native WebAssembly compiler and runtime. WebAssembly is a technology created to enable web browsers to safely execute programs at near-native speeds, and it's been shipping in the four major browsers since early 2017.
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Show HN: Let's Chat, a self-hosted chat app for small teams
Self-hosted chat for small teams.
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Dark’s new backend will be in F#
Welcome HN! Dark is a programming language, structured editor, and infrastructure—all in one—whose goal is to make it 100x easier to build backend services. Check out the website, our What is Dark post, and How Dark deploys in 50ms for more. Thanks for checking us out! Part of
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Logica, a novel open-source logic programming language
We present Logica, a novel open source Logic Programming language.
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Codeq
The free database designed for immutable values and a time-aware information model.
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Emergent Tool Use from Multi-Agent Interaction
We’ve observed agents discovering progressively more complex tool use while playing a simple game of hide-and-seek. Through training in our new simulated hide-and-seek environment, agents build a series of six distinct strategies and counterstrategies, some of which we did not know our environment supported. The…